U.S. Limits China’s Airlines to Two Weekly Flights in Trade Spat
- Move comes in response to China’s limits on U.S. carriers
- U.S. airlines that halted flights to China seeking resumption
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The Trump Administration, in the latest move ratcheting up tensions in U.S.-China trade, said Friday that the nation had continued to violate airlines’ rights by restricting flights and ordered new limits on its carriers.
Responding to a move by China on Thursday to limit U.S. passenger airlines to one flight per week each, the U.S. Department of Transportation said it would only permit two flights a week in total from Chinese airlines.